LUGGAGE SUITCASE Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A45C5/14 

FIELD: personal demand items.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to luggage suitcases for travellers, which are equipped with casters and push handle to make the movement easier. The task of invention is to create luggage suitcase with possibility of its easy manoeuvring and with good steadiness. Luggage suitcase with casters, which has receiving part for luggage, is proposed; at that, receiving part has two opposite large walls and end walls forming luggage compartment the larger wall of receiving part of which serves as lower wall facing the earth at movement of luggage suitcase on casters. At that, luggage suitcase also includes: many support casters located on one end of lower wall, retractable control caster assembly located on lower wall and arranged at some distance from support casters at use. At that, the above control caster assembly has at least one caster and is provided with possibility of being moved between operating position in which the control caster assembly passes under lower wall of receiving part for luggage and non-operating position in which the control caster assembly is folded. Luggage suitcase also includes the handle located on one end of receiving part for luggage and intended to control and to apply the pulling force. At that, luggage suitcase is provided with possibility of its selective use at the first method of movement on casters when retractable control caster assembly and support casters are in contact with ground, and as a result, the above lower wall faces the ground. At the second method of movement on casters with alternative location of casters contacting with ground, as a result, end wall faces the ground; at that, handle represents flexible, bending, rotary connecting element movable in angular direction, preferably flexible band or strip, by means of which luggage suitcase can be pulled at the first or second movement methods. Suitcase contains two alternative attachment points for handle; one of them is provided for application of pulling force at the first movement method on casters and the other one is provided for application of pulling force at the second method of movement on casters.

EFFECT: creation of convenient and usable luggage suitcase having good stability and possibility of easy manoeuvring.

7 cl, 43 dwg